global noise and he will seriously dance rachel's outstation worldwide while experts raise eyebrows over the decision to abort the protest tricking the european union with the nobel peace prize. the rebounce text flights over its territory all to unclog grounded if she were in the passenger plane for allegedly carrying russian weapons something moscow denied. and one of the three jailed members of the russian punk band pussy riot is released on appeal as ulti looks into how the group became a lucrative into. the

latest news on the week's top stories this is the weekly with me hello and welcome to the program away until seriously protests have swept across the planet dubbed a wake up call for the world against choking financial restrictions but the epicenter of the loud globe and global noise demonstrations is focused on europe which somewhat ironically this week has handed i was handed the nobel peace prize news that was received by many with surprise and puzzlement offseason experience asking reports now from the spanish capital the union and its korean noticed had over six decades contributed to the are drawn to talk peace and reconciliation and democracy on human rights in europe but is this the peace they're talking about this fascist from. eggs and massive furious crowds are the most common sites across

the award winning continent lately protests like this will echo in thirty five countries across the world over the next several weeks the global hands iow serry to voice only in spain alone hundreds of thousands have been voicing their anger ever since the government announced more painful budget cuts for next year everything with spending are is now unemployed and this grim story is pretty much the same for portugal and greece is one of the leaders of the protest movement in madrid he says people have just about had enough behind it the crises and the capitalist system right now in spain transfer private debt into public that and b.'s causes huge cuts public spending in health system and it took a shock and its effect being millions of poor people it's producing a huge can employment and it's producing a whole social best composition of the old society with so many going against the

system across europe at times clashing violently with the police the decision to award the e.u. with the peace prize has raised many eyebrows i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's a left testicle and it would have been more illegitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months there's only one contender for the peace prize this year and that's julian assad and the fact that he did not win this prize is will be in a terminal stain on the nobel committee no one has done more to push peace than julian assange should be getting the so war from this committee the fact that they turn to a bunch of machines and technocrats and the a hero is an embarrassment they should go back to making dynamite this award is even more questionable to some because of the e.u. is rather dubious peacemaking record and that. moreover the current financial

turmoil is the biggest danger to peace europe has been bombing libya europe has been bombing syria europe isn't bombing afghanistan or iraq yugoslavia a few years ago yes it's because they're trying to say ok guys we're giving you a hold your together europe has been spending money they don't have that's going to have to stop and it's going to cause more riots in the streets more social unrest more governments failing even countries failing and perhaps even people pulling out of the euro could lead to war again in europe in two thousand and nine barack obama won the same award having been in office for only two weeks that was before he sent more troops to afghanistan and waged war in libya but as the latest nobel peace prize award is debated worldwide protesters in spain seem to care little about the prestige than their own survival calls for independence are heard loud and clear in the country's largest and wealthiest region the lumia a clear indication the continent is losing that unity which the nobel committee has

decided to. see reporting from madrid in spain and spanish journalists stand right in the raw to believe the situation a year of one to improve until the undertakes a complete overhaul of itself. we're piling up more and more there because of these very large who already have a banking bailout which is worth what we don't know exactly how much yet but probably will be around fifty billion euros and then leave for spain goes for the four day old will be even more than that so yes so i guess death traps because the common currency of the european union rather than the euro itself that there is now this central issue of the economic crisis would come to a point in which it has become unbearable it makes impossible growth and it forces us least pressures of austerity which are basically stalling the economy and killing growth the reason why i think that the european union sits. is because he's

here there and they're trying to solve the underlying problem here no matter whether you have the nobel peace prize the fact is that they were opinion does not have a working a functioning democracy. syria has been turkish have been in flights from entering its airspace in the latest escalation of tension between the countries this comes just days after take a pause down at sea one passenger plane for allegedly transporting russian weapons to damascus moscow says the cargo contains nothing but harmless and illegal electronics art is there really are going to come out. they pointed their guns at the hungover and put this on the ground then they drove us back to the plane and to the. roof d'armes in better dignity with an international scandal thrown in on top all in the name of peace at least that's the stance taken by the turkish

authorities when they tried to justify force by the grounding in syrian plane on route from moscow to damascus. we in turkey only want peace and safety in this region that is our desire but we would never have an incentive to start a war hasn't revealed exactly what was in the cargo of that plane though they do insist it was russian made ammunition and technical equipment something moscow the mentally denies. and there was certainly no armaments on this plane and they simply could not have been any the aircraft was carrying a cargo that was being shipped from a legitimate russian supplier to a legitimate customer in a legitimate way there was a cargo of electrical supplies for radar stations this is jewel purpose equipment but it is not barred by any international conventions surely neither do turkish officials say where they receive the tipoff about the suppose it weapons on board

some of those have their suspicions this is washington telling prime minister early one who says he's so independent to go in and go for it down we are going to use the f. sixteen s for all its peace mongering talk and righteous outrage over russia's supposed unwillingness to help out in peace efforts on karrar peers to be surprisingly open when it comes to supporting one side in the syrian conflict the rebel fighters it is supporting the rebels it's allowing the. large quantities of ammunition. to enter syria. lebanese journalist unifor was described what she believed to be an arms delivery on the border between turkey and syria. the scene was surreal barbed wire a dark plane filled with all of trees armed men and in flashing lights from trucks packed with weapons each syrian group takes its share in leaves i was asked not to film but the immensity of the scene move the journalist you know was interrogated

for days by turkish officials before being released once she was back in lebanon should realize the incriminating pictures she'd filmed on the turkish theory. border had been wiped while she was in custody some believe still g. towards president assad has little to do with the situation in syria and everything to do with ambitions i was devilish in this country as a major political player turkey's preparing itself for its one hundredth anniversary in twenty twentieth's but it was the whole campaign of a very ambitious platform of how turkey is building some phone lines is going to position itself as a global power conquer rise establishing itself as a regional boss threatening a full out war with syria and openly violating iraqi sovereignty by bombing kurdish bases not exactly what bomb but all feats of diplomacy so in turkish officials to speak of peace and stability in the region their words are drowned out by the sound of an exchange of fire with their neighbors in tel aviv r.t.

. to move against syria as part of a long running nato effort to great and an excuse for military intervention this is according to a u.s. based whistleblower a simple. preparation by u.s. and nato and their turkish partner turkey in may two thousand and eleven sixteen seventeen months ago in december two thousand and eleven another preparations taking place in jordan when some of the troops from iraq us being transferred secretly georget begin the mainstream media not before so you're looking at this war preparation it game theory at that began at least sixteen months ago now that you knew sure was who we provoke i start into that being into this trap and start so far has

played very cautiously and smartly he hasn't provided that the mission that back. to who ordered west to just the. attack on syria as a response the barents versus up and and obviously since that day that plan hasn't bored right now they are just looking to just create an excuse like a false flag operation to basically start this war and what turkey says about the intercept the plane or what the mainstream media is portraying here has nothing to do with the reality on the ground. the pentagon confirms this week that u.s. troops have been sent to jordan which also neighbors conflict toward syria around one hundred fifty american officers and are stationed near the restive border there washington says it's seeking to bolster jordan's military capabilities in case the conflict in syria spills over but some u.s. lawmakers say the deployment was ordered by the white house without notifying

congress or she violates american law the king of jordan as a close ally washington and has been calling on syria's president assad to step down. and you can find the fault. highlight of the ongoing conflict in syria on our website r.t. dot com expert opinion extensive analysis and the latest news are all waiting for you on line. a member of the jailed russian punk band pussy riot was freed on appeal this week old her two colleagues failed to get their sentences overturned in august the trio were hundred to get terms for an anti putin stunt in russia's main orthodox cathedral the case caused a massive media frenzy across the globe point of worker reports now on the way the band members have been able to cash in on their not a righty. pussy riot feminist punk rock has registered trademark a brand new global one major russian concert organizer says they've been flooded

with calls from foreign promoters offering to organize a pussy riot world tour that could fetch up to six hundred million euros. it was only last visit red square behind me that post the riots stormed the area and performed an offensive song about blood it may have been a warm up gig of sorts but that particular stunt didn't bring the punk rockers the big break that they were after its very little attention on the internet and more importantly failed to rouse the interest of the of dorothy's just weeks later kirsty riot took their protest start to moscow's central park feature of. the stunt video went viral pussy riot were arrested their trial a worldwide media circus western and russian celebrities called for the women's release mysti international branded them prisoners of conscience and free pussy

riot t. shirts sold out the pussy it was quite normal that's the way you attract attention . there was a look that famous pop stars around the world look at the way but i was dressed look at that look at all the other. we can do as well is that all we could do something different and they hated the idea of going into the cathedral and seeing their blessings because that. would in fact be something reduce chairing the trial some was struck by the women's defense team's tactics. there is no defense in this case it's simple law is uncorking out on olive they're working towards the brand in order to capitalize on it in the future and it's worked i think two years in prison for the crime they committed is too harsh but at the same time i can see that their lawyers did everything in order to give them those two years in prison you. the band's appeal against the sentences was postponed in

a moscow court last week one band member rena so much said it unexpectedly announced she now wants different lawyers from have fellow band members the photo call was still on though. or during the trial some were struck by the women's defense team's tactics. but a trial observer believes it signals a rift among the punk rock collectively producing a somewhat serious i think you could to remain somewhat savage took another look at the situation and saw the following all the attention goes to new ideas that are conical she's been pegged as the face of the band the law is making a name for themselves well did curtis and so you get two years of prison for war well i think she decided to get some real law is that before i do you know who to humiliated in the face of the worst but to actually free her but. prosecutors say the dissenting band member is merely a ploy to add hype to a story that's not generating the headlines it did it's the benefit of hindsight

that's led some observers to question just how contrived the percy riot phenomenon was and continues to be with the concept requests pouring in there are those that say that percy writes court appeal is just like the trial that preceded it the point here isn't to reduce the women's sentences but rather it's about increasing the number of clicks headlines and the saleability of the now protected pussy riot brand polly boyko r t moscow. and investigative journalist tony gosling says the resulting popularity and vandalism in the wake of the bonds trial phrases a big question over who's really benefited from this end. let's not forget what else is going on around the world around this case because you have got loads of problems at the in a way you know part of the punishment is to stop these people cashing in on the free published this published there's been two prizes awarded to these people one

from the lennon oh no fun which is a prize for peace which i find incredible since this has been such a divisive case the other is the luther prize which has been awarded by the city of wittenberg which is where protestantism started and what's happened is the city has awarded the prize for the people of the city and they are protesting against that saying you know we don't actually endorse this sacrilege i think there's something really a bit sad about a band an organization that defines itself by the opposition to the church and it's quite clear through this court case that's what this is about we've even had the desecration of orthodox crosses cross eastern europe in different parts of eastern europe in support of pussy riot so this is actually about i think an attack on the cathedral an attack on the church. and still to come on the program an all out debate on the possible washington stop job intensifies we'll look at how the clash of vice presidential hopefuls has affects as their rights. also their stronghold of

the libyan opposition remains constant from vital supplies after a series of violent clashes with the armed forces but he's hails are just ahead. by horse. by tractor. by cars for the road. as a carpenter. as a stove surtur. does a farmer. as an assistant. as a friend. as a relative delivering post and delivering goods. even in the autumn years. it's never too late to start.

trying extreme paragliding. when a bar in the championship. or become a pop star. on r.g.p. . or kobach the race for the seats of russia's regions is only around twenty eight million people are costing the ballots will thousands of candidates running for

posts reaching for a regional heads to municipal officials and for the first time in eight years voters are able to truly govern as themselves all his men you know caution or explains the following last december's waves of fun to government protest the biggest in russia's recent history and since calls to police school reforms have been answered at the time during the protests two people demanded changes in how election security doubts in particular they wanted to bring back direct we should elections even to see more representatives from the opposition at the parliament then president need to be made they did scrap the old system which so regional officials handpicked by the government well also making it easier for new political parties to emerge giving a more competitive complection to the local elections so this sunday will see you vote choosing from an unprecedented number of candidates judge for themselves who they believe is more thief all governing. russia's regional elections also

a dead year and a test for over two dozen new parties trying to grab votes and political analyst alexei move in believes the poll will help raise political awareness. i mean the google map of the cancellation of the election of regional governors in russia had political reasons putin's goal was to unify the regions because every government had his own agenda and as a result the country was somewhat divided the introduction of elections for regional governors is now being implemented gradually and this is a very important step in the creation of a civil society of institutions is giving more responsibility to be quarters and could also increase the level of professionalism of the elected officials. let's take a brief look at some other news for around the world islam is fighters in mali how threatens to open the doors of hell for french citizens in the area of paris further pushes for armed intervention of the divine security council has unanimously voted to accept a french draft resolution calling for a military mission to liberate mali is rebel held north islamist groups have

control two thirds of the country since we're going into its territory or. at least two militants have been killed and one injured in the israeli air strike in northern gaza the israeli military reportedly carried out four strikes that target cities of terrorist activities so science i should say power that the other three attacks did not result in casualties the strikes were launched in response to a rocket fired from gaza into southern israel on friday the day at work portably when there's over two hardest salafist groups blamed for a series of violent attacks on israel. and mauritania military patrol has opened fire on its own president mohamad up to lizzie's was returning to the capital after regional trip when his convoy was hit by bullets authorities say the soldiers did not recognize the president's vehicles as they passed by the shots injured the leader in the arm learned his job being treated in hospital but with the. on

thursday this week it was time for the u.s. vice presidential hopefuls to cross swords in their battle for the hearts and minds of americans ahead of november's presidential elections so it was proved to be a hostile to the debate democrat joe biden and republican paul ryan it's part of a host of foreign policy and domestic matters that comes showed they are worlds apart worlds apart in such biting issues as the crisis in syria and or washington's next step should be over iran and afghanistan to be watching suggested there was no clear winner something that could never be according to california state university professor paul sheldon food when he went out he argues honesty is not their priority. after the first debate between obama and romney political cartoonists threw a picture of truth i don't hear those fighting each other with their noses this is no different these been one other way to live throughout neither side would attack

the other on things in which they were bowled well and that's why you have to pick these tiny little issues biden was biden said correctly that ryan had voted to of put iraq and afghanistan wars on the credit card helping to cause the deficit is actually right and he was right about that he didn't bother to say the democrats will report right and of course he's one of the ones who says that the only way to peace is why total world domination by total military power. at the same time you had to go up to us say there was the world's leading supporter of a terrorism presentable in back to america and saudi arabia one more terrorist organizations in the region than anybody else it's time for them to quit whining start to put the american voters with the world. believe in armed forces continue to surround the opposition stronghold of bani walid the conflict has already claimed at least ten lives after a series of armed confrontations on the east of the say earlier this week residents

have been left without access to basic necessities and alcorn for international rescue however they see each was partially lifted on wednesday allowing the red cross to access the city for the first time since the standoff began maybe a kindly of ruled by the national congress remains stable at the since last year's uprising resulted in the al sting and death of mama khadafi and journalist james corbett believes the conflict exposes the reality of. it just goes to show that deeply divided lines in the country right now try to believe ethnically in terms of geography it see it's a deeply divided country and there are a number of different problems that are playing itself out politically in libya right now and this just goes. to show once again that that not only is libya ungoverned to a large extent at the moment but is perhaps given its current political state ungovernable in this particular instance we have the prime minister being voted out in a vote of no confidence because he was unable to form

a cabinet and basically this is due to both the pressures from the people themselves there was a popular protest movement basically saying that each individual city was complaining they were under represented in this proposed cabinet and you have the political dealings with the major parties behind the scenes including an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood which is trying to get into a greater position of power in the country so there's a lot of power politics playing out and there's no easy solution on the horizon for the people and we're really the country is descending into a type of chaos that is really the predictable result of this type of regime change through violence that we've seen time and again throughout the past decade from afghanistan to iraq to libya and potentially now toward syria. and shortly after he talks to daniel had a member of the european parliament who gives his take on what exactly is well within.

it always amazes me the lengths that people go to for things that are pointless people camped out for a week waiting for a new i phone that will be archaic by next year when the next one comes out every black friday many thankfully not all americans celebrate this holiest of shopping days by waiting outside of a wal-mart in the early morning to fight over trendy plastic gifts for their children that they're too young to appreciate hey even i'm willing to sometimes wake up early in the morning to drive downtown and pay twenty five bucks for parking to watch a football game under cations but just imagine a world where we actually were willing to wake up early and stand a big crowd for something say more important than some stupid gizmo or the sake of our favorite sports team just imagine iraq and that world would be yeah maybe standing around at some protester collecting signatures won't do anything we can't be naive enough to think that big corporations will bow to ten people with signs

bought spending days worshiping at the altar of the i phone gods certainly won't improve your country but that's just my. wealthy british style. is not on the. market so why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into canada report on r g. today i'm talking to daniel had a conservative member of the european parliament he's about to bring his euro

skepticism to the heart of brussels mr houghton thanks for talking to us now apparently doing the rounds in brussels is a popular joke which says that if the european union was a country applying to join itself it would be rejected for not being democratic enough it's an amazing thing and we've stopped being amazed by it simply because of familiarity but we should be shocked by it that the only body that can propose new legislation in the european you is the unelected european commission if any country were run by if supreme power wielded by twenty seven people who were immune to the ballot box that would be regarded as an outrage and yet the people who talk most fervently about turning the e.u. into something like a super state are remarkably relaxed about the undemocratic nature of it and from that basic lack of democracy you get the contempt for popular opinion you get the way swats aside referendum results.